{"id":777029238,"date":"2025-07-18T11:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029238"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:52:16","slug":"responsible-gambling-promotion-campaign-launches-in-macau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/responsible-gambling-promotion-campaign-launches-in-macau","title":{"rendered":"Responsible gambling promotion campaign launched in Macau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Social Welfare Bureau has reported a rise in awareness of playing responsibly.<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- A six-month <strong>responsible gambling promotion campaign<\/strong> has launched in Macau. At a launch event at Studio City, Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) president <strong>Wilson Hon<\/strong> reported a decrease in the number of residents gambling and an increase in awareness of responsible gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Macau Daily Times reports that Hon reaffirmed the government\u2019s efforts to promote responsible gaming, including integrating financial literacy programmes in schools and providing certification and training for social workers and gaming employers. He mentioned the installation of responsible gambling information kiosks in entertainment venues, 24\/7 hotline and online counseling availability, and the enforcement of the self-exclusion system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IAS stated Macau conducts a survey every three years to assess residents\u2019 gambling habits and awareness. According to the news report, figures showed that the amount of residents involved in gambling decreased from 59.2 per cent in 2007 to 30.1 per cent in 2022. Awareness of responsible gambling increased from 16.2 per cent in 2009 to 64.9 per cent in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the second quarter of 2025, the central registration system for gambling disorder cases recorded 94 assistance cases, a slight decline from the same period in 2024. The first half of 2024 saw approximately 1,200 requests for online counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Macau\u2019s Financial Intelligence Office reports a decrease in gaming-related suspicious transactions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Financial Intelligence Office (FIO) recently reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-financial-intelligence-office-reports-a-decrease-in-gaming-related-suspicious-transactions-in-the-first-half-of-2025\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macaus-financial-intelligence-office-reports-a-decrease-in-gaming-related-suspicious-transactions-in-the-first-half-of-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">casino operators filed 1,856 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs)<\/a> in the first half of 2025, a decrease of 14.9 per cent year-on-year. Gaming accounted for 73.8 per cent of all STRs. The figure compares with 2,181 STRs reports in the same period of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Suspicious transaction reports across all sectors totalled 2,515 in the reported period, down 12.6 per cent from 2,879 in the first half of 2024. Financial institutions and insurance companies submitted 500 reports, representing 19.9 per cent of the total. Other institutions filed 159 reports, representing 6.3 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/MGM-logo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mgm-china-launches-responsible-gaming-employee-care-programme'>MGM China launches responsible gaming employee care programme<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Welfare Bureau has reported a rise in awareness of playing responsibly.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":26451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Social Welfare Bureau has reported a significant increase in responsible gambling awareness and a notable decrease in resident gambling participation, following extensive promotional campaigns. Concurrently, the Financial Intelligence Office observed a 14.9% year-on-year reduction in gaming-related Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in H1 2025, signaling enhanced AML compliance efficacy within the jurisdiction.","focusai_entities":"Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), Wilson Hon, Macau Daily Times, Financial Intelligence Office (FIO), MGM China, Studio City","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact from RG?","query":"How might the sustained decline in problem gambling prevalence and increased responsible gaming awareness influence Macau's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) projections and the long-term sustainability of its gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Operator Compliance Evolution?","query":"What specific operational adjustments, technology investments, and governance frameworks are Macau's integrated resort operators implementing to achieve the reported reduction in STRs and enhance responsible gambling metrics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-777029238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029238"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029243,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029238\/revisions\/777029243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}